Sanitary pitcher or the like.



C.S.BARON.

SANITARY PITCHER OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION HLED MAY 2 19M.

Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

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SANITARY PITCHER OR THE LIKE.

Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

APRLICATION FILED MAY 2, 1914.

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SANITARY PITCHER OR THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 29, 11916.

Application filed. May 2, 1914. Serial No. 835,885.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES S. BARON, acitizen of the United States of America, residing at Tiifin, in thecounty of Seneca, in the State of Ohio, have invented certain new anduseful Sanitary Pitchers or the like, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to pitchers, jugs or containers for liquids,including milk pitchers, water pitchers, syrup jugs, or any similarreceptacle that is adapted to hold a liquid with facility of dischargeof its contents at intervals as required.

Heretofore receptacles of the class referred to have been more or lessunsanitary, by reason of having no top, of having a top which failed toexclude the intrusion of unsanitary matter, or of having a top which initself or in its operating mechanism was unsanitary.

By my invention, I provide means for perfectly protecting the contentsof a receptacle by a top which is sanitary in itself and in respect tothe means for operating it, which may be operated with perfect facility,and which is readily removable as often as required for the purpose ofwashing the receptacle or its top.

What constitutes my invention will be hereafter specified in detail andsuccinctly setforth in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which constitute a part of thisspecification, Figure I is a side elevation of that which, for thepurposes of this specification, may be regarded as a preferred form ofembodiment of my invention, the same comprehending a milk or waterpitcher, the lid thereof being shown as open. F ig. II isa top plan viewof the subject matter of Fig. I, showing the lid closed. Fig. III is asection on the line III-III of so much of the subject matter of Fig. Ias relates to my inventlon, the lid of the pitcher being shown in theclosed position. Fig. IV is a view similar to Fig. III, showing amodification of my invention in respect to the pivotal connectionbetween the lid and the receptacle. Fig. V is a view on the line VV ofFig. IV. Fig.

movable and preferably removable lid, cap

or cover 4, which is of a contour adapted to fit and snugly close, whenin place, the open end of said receptacle. The lid is preferably made ofthe same material as the receptacle itself, which for sanitary reasonsmay be made to advantage, as specified, of glass; but it is obvious thatthe lid may be made of one material and the receptacle of another, asconvenience or preference may dictate.

The lid 4 is, by my invention, adapted to be removably pivoted to thereceptacle 1 by any suitable pivotal connection, preferably locatedsubstantially within the periphery of the open end of the receptacle,which will admit of its opening away from the pitcher on one side by itsdepression upon the opposite side of its pivotal connection, asillustrated in F 1. To this end the lid may be provided with trunnions 5arojecting from opposite sides of the lid, as shown in Fig. 11. andpreferably made integrally therewith. These trunnions fit intodepressions 6 provided for them respectively, in the opposite sides ofthe receptacle. The common axis of the trunnions 5 may be assigned anyoperative location upon the lid 4, it being the object of such locationto secure the closing operation of the lid by the action of gravity uponit. As shown in the drawings, the disposition of the trunnions is towardthe end of the lid nearer to the handle 3, and farther removed from thespout 2, the preponderance of the weight of the lid being so disposedtoward the end which closes the spout 2, or discharge side of thereceptacle 1. It is obvious, however,

that such disposition is merely a matter of convenience, inasmuch as adistribution of the weight of the lid sufficient to effect its closuremight be made independently of the disposition of the trunnions.

I prefer to provide within the interior of the open end of thereceptacle a circumferential shoulder 7, against which the lid 4: restswhen in the closed position, and with which the thickness of a lidcooperates to constitute a joint of such closeness as may effectuallyexclude from the closed recep: tacle the intrusion of dust, minuteinsects or the like. Between the pivotal connection which unites the lidlto the receptacle 1, and the handle 3,1 provide a depressed portion 8of the shoulder 7, whose angle of depression is such as to permit atthat point the downward movement of the lid and to limit such movement.The shoulder 7, with its extension 8, performs therefore the function ofa stop mechanism for the lid, and is representative of any stopmechanism which may be preferred. p 7

The lid 4, when closed, is preferably flush with theupper edge of thereceptacle 1, and is preferably provided upon its depressible end with aprojection or button 9, by the aid of which the thumb of a hand graspingthe handle 8 may be conveniently employed to depress the one end of thelid and open the other, after the manner shown in Fig. I. In place ofthe projecting trunnions shown in the first three figures of thedrawings, half round journals 10 located on the under side of the lid,as shown in Fig. IV, may be used, and bearings 11 therefor may beprovided in the shoulder 7 substantially the point of its angle with itsdepression.

at 8. This construction has the advantage of elimination of the notchesin the edge of the receptacle 1, and. of the projection of the trunnions5 outside of the edge of the lid, a projection which it might bedesirable to eliminate if the lid be made of delicate, fragile, andparticularly of expensive material.

In the first five figures of the drawings, the lid is shown as providedwith the male members of the pivotal connection, and the receptacle isshown as provided with the female members thereof. In Fig. VI a reversalof such disposition is illustrated, in which the male pivotal members 12are carried by the receptacle 1, and the female members 13 by the lid4:.

From the foregoing specificationv it will appear that my inventionprovides a perfectly. sanitary device, one which may be kept perfectlyclean and sightly, whatever be the material of which the receptacle andits lid be made, and which will operate entirely by gravity without theaid of springs or other devices, which besides being unsightly, arediflicult, if not impossible, to be kept clean.

By reason of the fact that my invention, in its most sanitary form ofembodiment, may be made throughout of fragile material, both its partsmay be mace to standard sizes,

and each part becomes therefore an article of manufacture of individualutility.

What I claim is:

1. The combination with a receptacle provided near its open end with acircumferential shoulder, having a depressed portion to accommodate andlimit the tilt of the lid, of a lid fitting when closed within said openend of the receptacle against said shoulder, and a pivotal connectionbetween the receptacle and lid. 7

2. The combination with a receptacle provided within its open end with acircumferential shoulder having a depressed portion forming wi'th it anangle of depression, of a lid fitting when closed within said open endof the receptacle against said shoulder and pivotally united, by amedially disposed connection, to said shoulder substantially at the saidangle of depression, whereby the said depressed portion of the shoulderacts as a stop to the opening of the lid and the ment of said lid, and athumb piece secured to said lid and located relative tosaid pivot andsaid stop so that pressure onfsaid thumb piece is sustained by saidpivot and said stop. I V

l. The combination of a pitcher provided at its open upper end with ashoulder, a lid fitting within said open upper end of said pitcher andresting upon a portion of said shoulder, a separable pivotal connectionbetween said lid and said receptacle, a handle upon said receptacle,said shoulder between said handlejand said pivotal connection beinginclined from said pivotal connection toward said handle to provideastop to limit the opening movement of said lid, and a' thumb piecemounted upon said lid to securely hold said lid against the inclinedportion of said shoulder when pressure is ap pliedto said thumb piece toopen the lid.

5. As a new article of manufacture, a receptacle provided at its openupper end with I a circumferential shoulder, a portion of saidcircumferential shoulder being substantially at right angles to the axisof said receptacle, another portion of said shoulder lying in a planeinclined to the first mentioned portion of said shoulder, and a pivotalmember mounted on said receptacle adjacent the angles of depression ofsaid shoulder, said pivotal member adapted to contact with the differentportions of said shoulder when in open and closed positions.

6. In combination, a pitcher, a lid within the mouth of said pitcher, apair of pivots attaching said lid to said pitcher, and means on saidpitcher forming a closure between the depressed portion of said lid andsaid pitcher when said lid is rocked on said pivots in its openingmovement.

7. A. receptacle provided adjacent its open upper end with acircumferential shoulder, said shoulder having its upper surfacedisposed in intersecting planes, and a lid for said receptacle having apivotal connection therewith substantially coincident with theintersection of said planes, and adapted to lie in one of said planeswhen in open position and in the other of said planes when in closedposition.

8. The combination with a receptacle, and a lid provided with a pivotalconnection with the receptacle and swung within the open end thereof, ofclosure forming means within the receptacle rearwardly of said pivotalconnection, for limiting the pivotal opening movement of the lid.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

CHARLES S. BARON.

Witnesses HARRY TAGGART, MARIE R. OBRIEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

